06/06/2026
🏏 Unbeaten leaders Monmouth will be aiming to strengthen their position at the top of the Forest of Dean Hundred League next Wednesday against sixth-placed Parkend at the Sports Ground (6pm).
👌 Ben Pilot’s midweek side head the Hundred League ladder after making an impressive start to the new campaign with five successive victories.
😕 Monmouth will be hoping to overcome last season’s disappointment when they finished top of the ladder but lost in the knockout final to Cinderford St John’s.
🤩 Skipper Pilot (pictured) was in scintillating form with the bat earlier this week as Monmouth, sponsored by Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, stormed to a 10-wicket home triumph against bottom-of-the-table Ross-on-Wye.
🎉 Pilot, the league’s leading scorer so far this season with 178 runs, was at his dominant best against Ross, hammering an unbeaten 71 from just 25 balls.
🙌 In reply to Ross’ 118-6 from their 100 balls, Pilot laid into the visitors’ bowling in brutal fashion, crashing 11 fours and three sixes.
🤝 Sharing an unbroken opening stand with Matt Jones (37 not out), Pilot powered Monmouth to the target with 44 deliveries to spare.
ℹ️ Earlier in the evening, Charlie Bowden (43) and captain Michael Willis (26 not out) were the mainstays of the Ross innings.
🙂Sam Uttley was Monmouth’s most successful bowler, claiming 2-17.
🤝 Aled Jones (1-15), Joby George (1-17), Pilot (1-18) and Monty Clarke (1-18) also picked up a wicket, while William Wilton, Ellie Potter-Irwin, Pablo Nayager and Callum Uttley all delivered tidy stints.
✅ Pablo Nayager, Sam Uttley and Pilot held catches and wicketkeeper Andrew Dobbie impressed behind the stumps for the hosts.
🌎 Meanwhile, Monmouth 1st XI travel to Ponthir Seconds next Friday in a re-arranged quarter-final tie in the Macey Bowl (6pm).
🌧️ Rather frustratingly, Monmouth’s three teams were thwarted by the wet weather today after their league fixtures were washed out without a ball bowled.
👍Monmouth 1st XI have made a promising start since promotion last summer and are joint-top, alongside TAW with a total of 82 points, in South East Wales League Division 6.
📍Monmouth visit eighth-placed Penarth Thirds next Saturday (12.30pm) after their home clash against Upper Rhondda fell victim to the rain.
📍Monmouth Seconds will be aiming to get their Division 12 campaign back on track with a home derby against Llanarth Seconds at the Sports Ground (12.30pm).
📍And Monmouth Thirds play Malpas Fourths at Rougemont School in Llantarnam in Division 15 (12.30pm).
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